CVE-2026-42597CWE-73CWE-918

Gotenberg: Chromium URL conversion routes read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme

Medium · published May 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Gotenberg is a Docker-powered stateless API for PDF files. Prior to 8.32.0, the /forms/chromium/convert/url and /forms/chromium/screenshot/url routes accept url=file:///tmp/... from anonymous callers. The default Chromium deny-list intentionally exempts file:///tmp/ so HTML/Markdown routes can load their own request-local assets, and those routes apply a per-request AllowedFilePrefixes guard to scope the read. The URL routes never set AllowedFilePrefixes, so the scope guard silently skips. Alice enumerates /tmp/, walks Gotenberg's per-request working directories, and reads the raw source files of other in-flight conversions as rendered PDF output. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.32.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00363 · 28.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path; CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2026-05-14T15:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 15:34Z
    Gotenberg: Chromium URL conversion routes read arbitrary files under /tmp via file:// scheme
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